5/21/2010 @ 10:27AM15 views

BP's Oil Spill Video Stream Snafu

Not to be outdone by Rep. Markey’s move yesterday to stream live video from the spill site, BP has announced that it will provide its own feed here. Only problem is, as of Friday morning the only thing BP’s site was streaming was a blank black box. It’s not particularly comforting that the government’s I.T. nerds can gin up streaming video more competently than BP. (UPDATE: As of 11:15 a.m. central time, BP’s feed is now working.)

This comes on the heels of a scathing letter yesterday from DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to BP’s Tony Hayward insisting that BP was not being sufficiently transparent in disseminating information to the public. The bureaucrats demanded that BP make public all video, documents, reports and plans pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon spill, preferably housing it all in a dedicated website. The gaping exception: they say any claim of “confidential business information” will be handled in accordance with applicable laws. So don’t expect too much.

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